create a conflict of interest. The Participant therefore agrees that, during the Participant’s
employment with the Company Group, the Participant will not, directly or indirectly, engage in
business activities that compete with the Company, solicit Company clients to move business or
business opportunities of the Company Group to an entity other than the Company Group, or
solicit employees of the Company Group to leave the Company Group.
5.Whistleblower Protections; Defend Trade Secrets Act. Notwithstanding anything
to the contrary herein or in any other agreement with or policy of the Company Group, nothing
in any of the Company Group’s policies or in any applicable agreement or otherwise limits the
Participant’s ability to communicate directly with and provide information, including documents,
not otherwise protected from disclosure by any applicable law or privilege to the Securities and
Exchange Commission (the “SEC”) or any other federal, provincial, state, local or other
applicable governmental agency or commission (“Government Agency”) regarding possible
legal violations, without disclosure to the Company. The Company may not retaliate against the
Participant for such communications. In addition, pursuant to the Defend Trade Secrets Act of
2016, the Participant will not have criminal or civil liability under any federal or state trade
secret law for the disclosure of a trade secret that (a) is made (i) in confidence to a federal, state,
or local government official, either directly or indirectly, or to an attorney and (ii) solely for the
purpose of reporting or investigating a suspected violation of law; or (b) is made in a complaint
or other document filed in a lawsuit or other proceeding, if such filing is made under seal. In
addition and without limiting the preceding sentence, if the Participant files a lawsuit for
retaliation by the Company for reporting a suspected violation of law, the Participant may
disclose the trade secret to the Participant’s attorney and may use the trade secret information in
the court proceeding, if the Participant (x) files any document containing the trade secret under
seal and (y) does not disclose the trade secret, except pursuant to court order.
6.Other Covenants. Provided that the Participant is not located in California, the
Participant shall also be subject to the provisions set forth in Appendix I hereto. For the
avoidance of doubt, if the Participant is located in California, Appendix I shall not apply.
7.Non-Disparagement. During the Participant’s employment with the Company
Group and thereafter, subject to Section 5 above, the Participant shall not make any public
statements, written or oral, in any form, about the Company or its subsidiaries (or any of their
respective directors, officers, employees or equityholders) that are maliciously untrue, such that
they are made with knowledge of their falsity or with reckless disregard for their truth or falsity.
8.Enforcement and Remedies. The Participant acknowledges and agrees that any
breach or threatened breach of this Exhibit A is likely to cause the Company Group substantial
and irreparable damage which is difficult to measure and would not be adequately compensable
in damages. Therefore, in the event of any such breach or threatened breach, the Participant
agrees that the Company, in addition to such other remedies which may be available, shall have
the right to obtain an injunction from a court restraining such a breach or threatened breach
without posting a bond (except as otherwise expressly required by law) and the right to specific
performance of the provisions of this Exhibit A, and the Participant hereby waives the adequacy
of a remedy at law as a defense to such relief.